mabkhara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional censer in the Arab world and Turkey, usually having a square pedestal base or legs with inward-sloping sides which support a square cup with outward-sloping sides.

Word forms

mabkhara mabkharas mabakhir

Etymology

From Arabic مِبْخَرَة (mibḵara) (dialects tend to pronounce the prefix ma-).

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